Forcing MacOS 14 Sonoma onto a MacBook Pro 17”

Today we are going to be shoving Mac OS Sonoma onto a 2010 MacBook Pro and absolutely NOTHING is going to go wrong.....

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[frokfrdk]

Yes I called the "2015 Retina MacBook" a "MacBook Air" yes that was just a small vocal error. (I knew it wasn't a MacBook Air, you can forget things while recording / editing)

Also I didn't realise that the RAM sticks were labelled 2x4GB. Bit confusing when it had both 2x4GB and 8GB written on the sticks but oh well

[forcequitOS]

The reason why it ran so poorly was likely because of the fact that it’s a computer that doesn’t support Apple’s Metal graphics API, which has been used for more and more throughout the system lately. 2012+ computers support Metal and have a way more enjoyable experience with OCLP, trust me.

[jadxvx]

The fact you unintentionally booted into windows on a 17 inch macbook pro is honestly crazy

[Denuwu]

Macbook be like IM A SURFACE BOOK NOW AND I WILL BOOT WINDOWS

[Newsbyredstone]

My advice for you to make it faster would be disable the memory management system (it makes non supported Macs slower as its swaps memory on a weird way) disable all blur and transparencies and finally, disable spotlight indexing, that way you will have a better experience with OCLP

[Moonmancliff]

Hi, the reason the graphics and the drivers did not work was because you had put the drivers of the macbook you installed the opencore on, you had to go to settings and select the model number of this mac, hope this helps!

[bramvandenbroeck]

For it to work, it's best to make the installer on the target machine itself, because the installer needs to be specific to your machine, even if you choose the correct one from a list, you can still run into problems, i run Monterey on a 2012 air and it works just fine, even, with 4gb of ram. Yes they can't download macos sonoma directly, but you can use a utility called Mist, where you can download any macos version that apple has on their servers ;) so now you know. I also tried Sonoma, but it is still way to buggy, yes, even on my mom's MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16 inch

[Planetreal]

18:20 RUN! BECOME FASTER, MY CHILD!
- frokfrdk, 2023

[numbazZify]

I literally put Sonoma last week on an early 2009 MacBook Pro 17, works well except you need a USB hub for the keyboard and mouse to install it

[sbomaggz]

You sir earned my respect and sub. Very funny and entertaining, also learned a lot today. Keep up the good work

[johntheth]

Wooh new frokfrdk video happy to be supporting you

[GetWiththeProgramGaming]

You can install windows 11 on a MacBook and it's pretty easy, I had a tough time figuring it out but once I got it it is a straight forward process (on a 2012 MacBook, should work on 2010 to)

[EvilTurkeySlices]

All 17' MacBook Pro have dedicated graphics, for example yours has the Geforce gt 330m. Also the gt 330m doesn't cook itself, you're thinking of the 2011 15" and 17" Pros with the Radeon HD 6750m and 6770m respectively.

[Cuby]

The Mac be like: I'm gonna run Windows now

[MrCed]

Open Core Legacy Patcher support for Sonoma is still really early, I would guess most of these issues will be solved in the next weeks / months. Then again, maybe not, Apple has been determined to make older Macs harder and harder to support since Big Sur and Ventura / Sonoma needs some really hacky workarounds on pre-Metal GPU and early Metal GPU, without mentionning the problems with some touchpads, poor ressources management, etc. Ventura has the advantage of being a year old at that point, Open Core is pretty stable with it, but at release, it was rough.

[adamkee]

The fact that Windows can boot up just like that on a Mac, really tells you how versatile that masterpiece is.

[JavaSEBinary]

A MacBook Pro with a touchbar doesn't exist.

[ddeaen]

you are one of the best channels on this website please keep doing this i love it

[aleefools]

It's now time to install tiny 11 on it

[armandslegzdins]

I also have a 2010 17 macbook pro, use day to day, absolute beast and wonderful machine. Mine is specd out with i7-640m (doesn’t matter today so much because it’s dual core, the same as your i5, 16gb ram, gt 330m, samsung 870Qvo 1TB, planning to swap cd drive out for 2nd ssd. Installed macOS Sonoma on the older version on oclp, runed like yours. Installed Ventura, been running for over 2 months, everything works fine, the safari open after half a second after clicking it’s a day to night difference with sonoma. To be fair Sonoma=Ventura feature and feel like. Everything works, even graphics acceleration, annimations smooth. On Ventura everything’s snappy, i usually use with multiple apps open including safari+chrome, shows no signs of weekness, everything’s snappy af. Usa a lot for dy’ing, music production, office apps. 17 inch macbook pro, the best macbook pro ever made, beast. Such as an e39 m5, the fastest sports sedan ever made. Period. Everyone using 17 macbook I do recommend upgrading to Ventura.